South Africa’s defence, aerospace and maritime industries contribute to the country’s economy through the development and maintenance of high-level scientific, engineering, technological and technical skills and jobs, as well as advanced design, development and...

South Africa’s defence, aerospace and maritime industries contribute to the country’s economy through the development and maintenance of high level scientific, engineering, technological and technical skills and jobs, as well as advanced design, development and...

The need for local defence companies to collaborate with international partners has been highlighted by Denel Land Systems (DLS) CEO Stephan Burger. "If this [collaboration] is not part of your business plan, the sustainability of your business is in doubt," he...

BAE Systems subsidiary Land Systems South Africa has secured a contract under Denel Land Systems’ 8x8 Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV) programme, which will see the defence systems developer providing commander and gunner sights for Badger combat vehicles. “This is a...

Serial local manufacturing of State-owned defence group Denel Land Systems’ (DLS’) Badger infantry combat vehicle was expected to start within the next 24 months, with operational testing and evaluation progressing as planned, DLS CEO Stephan Burger said on Thursday....

Three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between South African and Malaysian companies at the Malaysian High Commission in Pretoria on Friday. These MoUs are part of the indirect offsets programme South Africa is providing in return for Malaysia’s order...

The South African Army’s future Badger infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). DLS is supplying the same turret to Malaysia for mounting on an 8x8 wheeled IFV.

Three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between South African and Malaysian companies at the Malaysian High Commission in Pretoria on Friday. These MoUs are part of the indirect offsets programme South Africa is providing in return for Malaysia’s order...

Denel is a State-owned company (SOC) that provides innovative defence, security, aerospace and related technology solutions as a strategic partner for the South African National Defence Force as well as selected clients in global markets. The group’s capabilities...

South African defence company Denel Land Systems (DLS), part of the State-owned Denel group, publicly unveilled two new products at the 2013 Defence and Security Equipment International (DESI) exhibition at the Excel Centre in London recently. The new products are...

South African defence company Denel Land Systems (DLS), part of the State-owned Denel group, will publicly unveil two new products at the 2013 Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition at the Excel Centre in London next week. The new products are...

Defence industrial group Denel can play a central role in rebuilding the South African defence industry, argues group CEO Riaz Saloojee. “We’re agile. Because we’re State-owned, we can play a key role in the development of defence and play a key role in empowering...

Given the current, and likely future, strategic circumstances in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa must re-equip its Special Forces and acquire air transportable light armoured vehicles for its army, argues defence analyst Helmoed Heitman. (In South Africa, the...

The importance to South Africa of the country’s defence industry was recently asserted by the Secretary for Defence and Military Veterans, Dr Sam Gulube. “South Africa requires an effective defence capability which includes an effective defence industry,” he said....

The South African Air Force (SAAF) will acquire one or more new “VVIP” aircraft during the current financial year. And a number of acquisition programmes for the army will be pushed forward. The Department of Defence also wants to play a direct role in the...

The Department of Defence will push forward a number of acquisition programmes for the army during this financial year. It also wants to play a direct role in the restructuring of the local defence industry. This was revealed by Defence and Military Veterans Minister...

The South African defence industry has been heavily affected by budgetary cuts – its range of capabilities is much smaller and narrower, compared with what it was in the 1980s and 1990s, resulting in a loss of technological depth, states independent defence analyst...

In July, South Africa’s State-owned defence industrial group Denel announced it had made a small profit of R41-million during the 2011/2012 financial year (FY – which ended on March 31). This was the second year in which the group reported a profit, but,...

South Africa’s State-owned Denel industrial group on Tuesday announced its biggest ever export contract, a €340-million (R3.5-billion) deal with the Malaysian Army. The contract covers the supply of crewed and remotely-operated turrets and anti-tank guided missiles...

Gauteng-based machining company Jan Hugo Precision Engineering specialises in computer numerically controlled (CNC) milling, CNC turning and CNC wire eroding for small and large batches in a wide range of materials to produce a variety of components.